title: Does receiving an American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts grant influence career path and scholarly impact among fellowship-trained rhinologists?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine whether American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) grants influence career paths and scholarly impact of fellowship-trained rhinologists, and whether funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and CORE programs is associated with increased scholarly impact among rhinologists. Another aim was to explore whether obtaining CORE grant funding is associated with NIH award acquisition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Practice setting, academic rank, and fellowship-training status were determined for individuals in the CORE grant database. The h-index and publication experience of practitioners was calculated using the Scopus database. Faculty listings were used to determine this data for a non-CORE-grants-funded "control" group of academic rhinologists. Active and past NIH funding was obtained using the NIH RePORTER database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen of 26 (57.7%) fellowship-trained rhinologists receiving CORE grants were funded for rhinologic projects. Five of 6 rhinologists receiving NIH funding had a CORE-grants-funding history. Twenty-two of 26 (84.6%) rhinologists receiving CORE funding are currently in academic practice. Academic rhinologists receiving CORE or NIH funding had higher h-indices, a result reaching significance among promoted faculty and those with greater than 10 years of publication experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Encouraging the pursuit of CORE grants among junior faculty as well as trainees interested in rhinology may be a strategy for developing highly effective research habits that pay dividends after the first few years of one's career. Fellowship-trained rhinologists with a CORE funding history predominantly pursue careers in academic medicine, although their CORE projects are not necessarily related to rhinologic topics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ; Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ; Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
authors.forename: Jean Anderson
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Eloy
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Svider
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Setzen
authors.forename: Soly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baredes
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Folbe
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002321:Career Choice; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000191:economics*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States
keywords: AAO-HNSF CORE grants; CORE; CORE grants; CORE grants impact; academic faculty productivity; academic productivity; faculty productivity; h-index; rhinology faculty productivity; scholarly productivity